Git rename all javascript to typescript

Question

I am migrating all my JavaScript files to typescript, first i need to convert my existing JavaScript file extensions to *.ts

To test i have following command, but this fail: used examples

for f in **/*.js; do
  git mv "$f" "${f%.js}.ts"
done

I always seem to get:

fatal: not under version control, source=jscript/index.js, destination=jscript/index.ts

My final goal is to recursive go to my javascript folder and rename inplace from *.js to *.ts

when i execute the command manually it does work, from the moment i place it via the bash in a for loop it fails? — Jan Van Looveren, May 15 '16 at 05:51
Are you sure you are running the for loop inside your git repo? — Jahid, May 15 '16 at 05:53
i created a rename.sh bash file in the root of the project. i use git bash to run the script. — Jan Van Looveren, May 15 '16 at 05:55
You're trying to "git mv" the files in your project that are also ".gitignore"d, I suspect. — jonrsharpe, May 15 '16 at 06:20
Yes correct the generated files via typescript are now also ignored. as well as the *.min.js files via yuicompressor — Jan Van Looveren, May 15 '16 at 07:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '16 at 07:48

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Yeay!

The complete sollution in my case is a below, i hope somebody else can use this as well. just place in the root folder of your repo and adjust the folders you work with:

#!/usr/bin/env bash 
shopt -s globstar
for f in /public/jscript/*.min.js public/jscript/**/*.min.js; do
  git rm -r "$f"
done

# convert all the js files to ts files.
for f in public/jscript/**/*.js; do
  git mv "$f" "${f%.js}.ts"
done

answered May 15 '16 at 07:48

Jan Van Looveren

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Do you know why this works? How did you select those specific directories? As it stands, this isn't much use to someone else with the same problem. – jonrsharpe May 15 '16 at 08:31

Jahid · Answer 2 · 2016-05-15T16:39:36.173

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Seems like you forgot to add them to Git. Run :

git add --all :/

After that you should be able to rename. Though I would recommend committing first:

git add --all :/ && git commit -m update

Note: If you haven't even initialized the repo, you will need to run git init before everything else.

EDIT:

As per your comment, it doesn't go into the sub-folders because you probably forgot to use globstar. Add the line

shopt -s globstar

before you use **.

edited May 15 '16 at 16:39

answered May 15 '16 at 06:03

Jahid

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Owke, i have tested this and effectively something went wrong in side the repo. i have cloned my git repo again and then it was working. Now that its working do, it only converts the the js files in the root of the folder, the script does not doe this in all sub folders – Jan Van Looveren May 15 '16 at 07:32
@JanVanLooveren : You need to use globstar to make `**` work as expected. – Jahid May 15 '16 at 16:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '16 at 08:07

I always seem to get: fatal: not under version control, source=jscript/index.js, destination=jscript/index.ts

The error message tells you that the file jscript/index.js was not added to the Git repository yet. Add all the .js files to the repository, commit the changes then try your script again.

But you don't need to use git mv. Make sure your repository is in a clean state, rename the files in the working tree (your script is probably fine, just use the regular mv instead of git mv) then add all the .ts files to Git. Git will detect you renamed the files and the final outcome is the same as the one of git mv.

Git rename all javascript to typescript

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